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00:12

Learn a technique in which you can turn the night into day and day into night. You can get this effect by importing a footage from the internet or recording it yourself and dragging it to the Filmora 11 timeline. Let’s see how to get this effect.

00:57

Import your footage onto the project and drag your first video which is a rainforest, onto the timeline. Move to the effect menu where you can find some effects from Boris FX effects. Place the day for night effect right above your video. You will get the light settings like it is night with this effect.

01:17

In the pre-set section, go to the drop-down menu and choose a pre-set. Go with the light which looks a little intense so work with the sliders. Open up the color section and see how it works with different settings. Increase the blur color tint for a night effect.

How to Create Day to Night Video Effect

Preparation

What you need to prepare:

  • A computer (Windows or macOS)
  • Your video materials.
  • Filmora video editor
Step 1
Download and Install Filmora

To begin with, you need to install the latest version of the software to your system. Be it the Windows or Mac, Filmora supports both the leading OS.

download and install filmora
Step 2
Import the Footage

Import the clip in which you want to transform night into day or day into night effect and launch it into Filmora 11 timeline to proceed with adding the effects.

import night to day video filmora
Step 3
Add First Effect

After introducing footage into the timeline, start adding different effects to convert your footage into either day or night. In the sample footage, we are going to convert this footage from day to night with some effects.

Go to effects > Boris FX > Day for Night effect

add day for night effect video

In the pre-set section, go to the drop down menu and choose a pre-set. Go with the light which looks a little intense so work with the sliders. Open up the color section and see how it works with different settings. Increase the blur color tint for a night effect.

Adjust the settings for three sections; Colour, Light and Darken to make the effect look more natural.

adjust day for night effect settings
Step 4
Add Second Effect

For the second overlay, Go to effects > BBC Mist Effect. In the Mist section, work with the brightness, Blur X and Y. Also adjust the color accordingly. In the Matte section, work with ‘Mix with original option’. Now the video gives a night effect.

add sound effect day for night video

Adjust the settings in the Mist, Colour Contrast and Matte. You can also use some pre-sets and don’t forget to mix with original.

preset settings day for night video
Step 5
Add third Effect

Go to effects > BBC Dual gradient effect and place it above the two effects.

add third effect day for night video

Double click the effect and work with the settings in different domains. Don’t forget to mix with the original to give a natural look.

double click day for night effect
Step 6
Add Fourth Effect

Go to Effects > Boris FX > BCC lights > Add BCC lightning effect. Go to the color settings, work with the darkness, sensitivity and soften the video. Select reverse to focus on dark parts of the video rather than focusing on the bright parts which is great because at night time there isn’t any light to illuminate the sky.

add fourth effect day for night

Double click the effect and work with seed and other presets.

work with seed day for night video
Step 7
Add Fifth Effect

Go to Effects > Vignette and add simple vignette effect to enhance the outer sides of the video

add fifth effect day for night video
Step 8
Add more Effects

Go to Effects > Rain effects > Cinematic Filter Pack overlay

add more effect day for night video
Step 9
Export and add Key Frames

Export the video and add key frames.

Go to Animation > Customize > Add key frame > decrease opacity to zero

animation settings day for night video
Summary

Trying out this day to night and night to day effect looks really fun and within some minutes, you can manipulate the time of the day so let this guide assist you and master the skill of applying these multiple effects in some minutes.

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